Comic books in 'New Classics of the Fantastic'

New Classics of the Fantastic: Book 1 - 1st printing. Written by Robert Silverberg. Painted cover by Michael Parkes. The first installment of IDW's New Classics of the Fantastic, a series of extraordinary titles hand-picked by speculative fiction legend Harlan Ellison. In the Hugo Award-winning Nightwings, civilization is divided into guilds and prophecy calls for an alien invasion of Earth, while the Watchers are charged with keeping vigilant watch over the heavens against such an attack...but in a moment of weakness, one skeptical Watcher is led away from his post... and the attack begins! Featuring new introductions from author Robert Silverberg and Ellison, and a gorgeous cover by acclaimed painter Michael Parkes. Edited by Clifford Meth. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 224 pages, Text Only. Cover price $14.99.

New Classics of the Fantastic: Book 2 - 1st printing. IDW is proud to re-introduce 1962 Hugo Award-winning prose novel, this prose novel is regarded as the very finest offering from Brian Aldiss, one of the Grand Masters of Science Fiction. In the future, when the Sun has expanded and is ready to go nova, few animal species remain while plants have adapted to fill animal niches. One of the few species to survive are humans, but in much-altered forms. It is here where young tribal Gren finds himself captured by an intelligent fungus with plans to colonize humans to control the world. Hothouse tells the story of a remarkable journey of discovery that will alter your perceptions about the true nature of the world today... and the world to come. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 230 pages, Text Only. Cover price $14.99.